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Download This PDF File Maksymilian SAS, Augustine of Canterbury converting the Anglo-Saxons: A contribution to the identity of the medieval missionary Augustine of Canterbury converting the Anglo-Saxons: A contribution to the identity of the medieval missionary Agustín de Canterbury convirtiendo a los anglosajones: Una contribución a la identidad de los misioneros medievales Maksymilian SAS Uniwersytet Warszawski (Poland) [email protected] Recibido: 18/08/2013 Aceptado: 09/09/2013 Abstract: Augustine of Canterbury, who came from Rome to Kingdom of Kent in 597, is considered a founder of the English Church. This paper tries to describe his identity as a missionary preaching the Word to pagan Anglo-Saxons. The identity is discovered by analyzing descriptions of Augustine’s activity presented in the works of Gregory the Great and the Venerable Bede. Key words: Æthelberht of Kent, Anglo-Saxons, apostle, Augustine of Canterbury; baptism, Bede the Venerable; Christianization, conversion, evangelization, Kingdom of Kent, miracles, mission, missionary, Pope Gregory the Great. Resumen: Agustín de Canterbury, que vino de Roma al Reino de Kent en 597, es considerado uno de los fundadores de la Iglesia inglesa. Este artículo trata de describir su identidad como misionero que predicó al Verbo de Dios a los paganos anglosajones. Su identidad es descubierta analizando las descripciones de la actividad de Agustín que se presentan en las obras de Gregorio Magno y Beda el Venerable Palabras clave: Æthelberht de Kent; anglosajones; apóstol; Agustín de Canterbury; bautismo; Beda el Venerable; cristianización; conversión; evangelización; Reino de Kent; milagros; misión; misionero; Papa Gregorio Magno. Summary: 1. Introduction. 2. Augustine’s missionary expedition. 3. Æthelberht’s kingdom. 4. Canterbury as “New Jerusalem”. 5. Vita apostolica and miracles. 6. Anglo-Saxon Empire and its “New Constantine”. 7. Conclusion. Sources and Bibliography. * * * * * 1. Introduction Augustine of Canterbury can be characterized by a variety of terms: a Christian, a man of the Church, a monk and the prior of the Abbey of St Andrew's in Rome, a missionary working among the Anglo-Saxons, a bishop and the first Archbishop of Canterbury, and, last but not least, a saint.1 This article tries to 1 On Augustine, first of all see: Saint Augustine and the Conversion of England, ed. Richard GAMESON, Stroud, 1999. De Medio Aevo 3 (2013 / 1) ISSN-e 2255-5889 213 Maksymilian SAS, Augustine of Canterbury converting the Anglo-Saxons: A contribution to the identity of the medieval missionary capture some aspect of the identity of its hero –as the early medieval missionary leading evangelization among pagan Anglo-Saxons– by looking at his actions from the perspective of the earliest sources. Therefore, his identity will be discovered through descriptions of his missionary activity manifested during his life. The analysis will primarily cover the chronicle entitled as an Ecclesiastical History of the English People,2 completed by the Venerable Bede3 in 731, and the letters of Pope Gregory the Great (590-604)4 sent either to Augustine himself, or discussing his work, what has been also used by Bede in his narrative.5 Author of the Ecclesiastical History says that he derives both oral and written information primarily from Albinus, abbot of the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul at Canterbury (founded by Augustine), who passed him copies of papal letters through Nothhelm, later Archbishop of Canterbury. During his stay in Rome, Nothhelm made a kind of research in the papal archives and copied the papal letters Bede was interested in, that were later cited by him.6 It is worth noting that Bede particularly emphasizes the role of his friends from Canterbury 2 Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People, ed. Bertram COLGRAVE, R. A. B. MYNORS, Oxford, 1969 (later: H.E.). On Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, see: John Michael WALLACE-HADRILL, Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People: A Historical Commentary, Oxford, 2002 [1st ed. 1988]; Nicholas J. HIGHAM, (Re-)Reading Bede. The Ecclesiastical History in context, London and New York, 2006. 3 On Bede, see: Bede: his Life, Times, and Writings. Essays in Commemoration of the Twelfth Centenary of his Death, ed. A. Hamilton THOMPSON, Oxford, 1969 [1st ed. 1935]; Famulus Christi: Essays in Commemoration of the Thirteenth Centenary of the Birth of the Venerable Bede, ed. Gerald BONNER, London, 1976; George Hardin BROWN, Bede the Venerable, Boston, 1987; Benedicta WARD, The Venerable Bede, London, 2002 [1st ed. 1990]; Innovation and Tradition in the Writings of The Venerable Bede, ed. Scott DEGREGORIO, Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2006; George Hardin BROWN, A Companion to Bede, Anglo-Saxon Studies, 12, Woodbridge, 2009; The Cambridge Companion to Bede, ed. Scott DEGREGORIO, Cambridge, 2010; Paul HILLIARD, “The Venerable Bede as Scholar, Gentile, and Preacher”, in Ego Trouble: Authors and Their Identities in the Early Middle Ages, ed. Richard CORRADINI et al., Wien, 2010, p. 101–109. 4 Gregorii I papae Registrum epistolarum, ed. Paul EWALD, Ludo Moritz HARTMANN, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Epistolae, vol. 1-2, Berolini 1891-1899 (later: Greg. Reg.). On Gregory the Great, see. Gillian Rosemary EVANS, The Thought of Gregory the Great, Cambridge, 1986; Carole Ellen STRAW, Gregory the Great. Perfection in Imperfection, Berkeley, 1988; Robert Austin MARKUS, Grzegorz Wielki, trans. Przemysław NEHRING, Warszawa, 2003 [original ed. Cambridge, 1997]; John MOORHEAD, Gregory the Great, London, 2005; Conrad LEYSER, “Pope Gregory the Great: Ego-trouble or identity politics?”, in Ego Trouble: Authors and Their Identities in the Early Middle Ages, ed. Richard CORRADINI et al., Wien, 2010, p. 67–75. On the development of the cult of Pope Gregory the Great, see: Alan T. THACKER, “Memorializing Gregory the Great: the origin and transmission of a papal cult in the seventh and early eighth centuries”, Early Medieval Europe, 7 (1998), 1, p. 59–84; Paul A. HAYWARD, “Gregory the Great as ‘Apostle of the English’ in Post-Conquest Canterbury”, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 55 (2004), 1, p. 19–57. 5 See Paul MEYVAERT, “The Registrum of Gregory the Great and Bede”, Revue Bénédictine, 80 (1970), p. 162–166 (also in IDEM, Benedict, Gregory, Bede and Others, London, 1977). 6 See H.E., Praefatio, p. 4. De Medio Aevo 3 (2013 / 1) ISSN-e 2255-5889 214 Maksymilian SAS, Augustine of Canterbury converting the Anglo-Saxons: A contribution to the identity of the medieval missionary among his informants –one may only wonder to what extent he is looking at the described period from the angle of tradition stored in this archbishopric.7 2. Augustine’s missionary expedition Missionary expedition led by Augustine, sent by Pope Gregory the Great, came to the kingdom of Kent in 597.8 In Bede’s opinion the entire initiative of the conversion of Anglo-Saxons should be assigned only to the bishop of Rome.9 7 Cf. John Michael WALLACE-HADRILL, “Gregory of Tours and Bede: their Views on the Personal Qualities of Kings”, Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 2 (1968), p. 38. It is worth mentioning, that Bede did not know the exact year of the death of Augustine. He provided only the day – 26th May (H.E., II, 3), stating that Augustine died during the reign of King Æthelberht of Kent. 8 On the mission of Augustine and the conversion of Æthelberht of Kent, see: Frank Merry STENTON, Anglo-Saxon England, 2nd ed., London, 1955, p. 103–113; Robert Austin MARKUS, “The Chronology of the Gregorian Mission to England: Bede’s Narrative and Gregory’s Correspondence”, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 14 (1963), 1, p. 16–30; William A. CHANEY, The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England. The Transition from Paganism to Christianity, Berkeley, 1970, p. 156–161; Henry MAYR-HARTING, The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England, 3rd ed., University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991, p. 51–66; Clare E. STANCLIFFE, “Kings and Conversion: some comparisons between the Roman mission to England and Patrick’s to Ireland”, Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 14 (1980), p. 59–94; Peter HUNTER BLAIR, The World of Bede, 2nd ed., ed. Michael LAPIDGE, Cambridge, 1990 [1st ed. 1970], p. 41–88; Georg JENAL, “Gregor der Große und die Anfänge der Angelsachsenmission (596-604)”, in Angli e Sassoni al di qua e al di là del mare, Spoleto 26 apr. – 1 mag. 1984, Settimane di studio del Centro italiano de studi sull'alto Medioevo, 32, Spoleto, 1986, p. 793–857; K. P. WITNEY, The Kingdom of Kent, London, 1982, p. 109–122; Ian N. WOOD, “The Mission of Augustine of Canterbury to the English”, Speculum, 69 (1994), 1, p. 1–17; Nicholas J. HIGHAM, The Convert Kings. Power and religious affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England, Glasgow, 1997, p. 53–132; Richard A. FLETCHER, The barbarian conversion: from paganism to Christianity, Berkeley, 1999, p. 108–119; David Peter KIRBY, The earliest English kings, London, 2000, p. 24–30; Bruno DUMÉZIL, Chrześcijańskie korzenie Europy. Konwersja i wolność w królestwach barbarzyńskich od V do VIII wieku, trans. Piotr RAK, Kęty, 2008 [original ed. Paris, 2005], p. 644–654; Jerzy STRZELCZYK, Iroszkoci w kulturze średniowiecznej Europy, Warszawa, 1987, p. 56–65; IDEM, Apostołowie Europy, Warszawa 1997, p. 77–93; Lutz E. von PADBERG, “Konfrontation oder Akkommodation: Zu den Missionsinstruktionen Papst Gregor des Großen und ihre Wirkungsgeschichte im frühen Mittelalter”, in Martyria. Festschrift zum. 60. Geburtstag von Peter Beyerhaus am 1.2.1989, ed. Jörg KNIFFKA, Wuppertal-Zürich, 1989, p. 93–115. Cf. IDEM, Mission und Christianisierung. Formen und Folgen bei Angelsachsen und Franken im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert, Stuttgart, 1995; IDEM, Die Inszenierung religiöser Konfrontationen. Theorie und Praxis der Missionspredigt im frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 2003. 9 See H.E., II, 1, p. 123. Bede is telling an anecdote in this paragraph to strengthen this view (p. 132–134). Namely, Gregory met at the market in Rome slaves offered for sale – handsome Anglo-Saxon boys.
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